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Tabatinga International Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
85 m / 279 ft

12/30
  
2,150

Elevation
  
85 m

Passenger count
  
72,126

Operator
  
Infraero

Website
  
Infraero TBT

2,150
  
7,054

Phone
  
+55 97 3412-1100

Serves
  
Tabatinga


Address
  
Praça Marechal-do-ar Eduardo Gomes, s/n - Comara, Tabatinga - AM, 69640-000, Brazil

Tabatinga International Airport (IATA: TBT, ICAO: SBTT) is the airport serving Tabatinga, Brazil, located by the border with Colombia and Peru.

Contents

It is operated by Infraero.

Access

The airport is located 1 km (1 mi) from downtown Tabatinga.

Accidents and incidents

  • 12 June 1982: a TABA Fairchild Hiller FH-227 registration PT-LBV en route from Eirunepé to Tabatinga while on approach to Tabatinga collided with a pole in poor visibility and crashed onto a parking lot. All 40 passengers and 4 crew died.
  • 29 October 2009: a Brazilian Air Force Cessna 208 Caravan registration FAB-2725 en route from Cruzeiro do Sul do Tabatinga made an emergency landing on a river due engine failure. Of the 11 occupants, 1 passenger and 1 crew member died.

    • References

    Tabatinga International Airport Wikipedia
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